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Federal Reserve Board Permanently Bars Lowell W. Mccoy, Angela Asbell, And Jacob Harrison From Banking Industry For Engaging In Separate Unsafe And Unsound Practices

Date 15/12/2017

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday permanently barred Lowell W. McCoy, Angela Asbell, and Jacob Harrison from the banking industry for engaging in separate unsafe and unsound practices.

CFTC Adds 21 Names To Its List Of Foreign Entities That Illegally Solicit U.S. Residents To Trade Binary Options And Forex - RED List Identifies Entities Operating Illegally

Date 15/12/2017

As part of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) ongoing efforts to help protect Americans from fraud, today the CFTC added 21 new names to the Registration Deficient List (RED List). These 21 new additions bring the total number of foreign entities on the RED List to 125. 

Citi, CME Group Implement Baton Systems’ Distributed Ledger Platform To Drive Down Cost Of Margin Funding

Date 15/12/2017

Citi and CME Clearing have implemented a real-time distributed ledger platform developed by Baton Systems, a payments technology provider. The solution allows a bank to view the collateral in its ledgers in real time, send cash or securities with one click to a clearing house, and receive an immediate acknowledgment, regardless of the current technologies they are deploying. 

ESMA Provides Further Guidance For Transactions On 3rd Country Trading Venues For Post-Trade Transparency And Position Limits Under MiFID II/MiFIR

Date 15/12/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published two revised opinions providing guidance related to third-country trading venues for post trade transparency and position limits under MiFIDII/MiFIR. 

BNP Paribas Joined The Group Of Issuers Structured Products Traded On The GPW

Date 15/12/2017

• Structured certificates issued by BNP Paribas have been introduced to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) on 15 December 2017
• The underlying of the new certificates is the EURO STOXX® BanksPrice EUR Index
• BNP Paribas is the fifth issuer of structured products listed on the GPW

McObject Records Another Year Of Impressive Innovation And Development

Date 15/12/2017

2017 has been a groundbreaking year for McObject®, developer of the ultra-powerful eXtremeDB® database management system. The company has built upon the successes of 2016 with a range of groundbreaking product releases and enterprising partnerships, including a collaboration with GoldenSource, that brings the fastest available Enterprise Data Management (EDM) for regulatory compliance to market.

Revista CCM Showcases New Advanced Functionality For Enhanced Regulatory Compliance And Improved Performance Management

Date 15/12/2017

Revista Systems announces the availability of significant new functionality in their recently launched Revista CCM solution. These include; enhanced transaction communication audit and scrutiny capabilities, and improved performance management monitoring. Revista designs specialist solutions to support the unique communications needs of the global financial services community.

Bank Of England SONIA Advisory Committee Minutes - 18 September 2017

Date 15/12/2017

Bank Of Russia Accredits NSD's Valuation Center

Date 15/12/2017

After considering a request to assess the quality of NSD's Valuation Center’s performance when determining the value of ruble-denominated bonds, the Bank of Russia, guided by the criteria specified in the Bank of Russia's information letter of 29 March, 2013 No. IN-06-51/15 “On the Assessing of Valuation Centers’ Quality of Functioning”, has acknowledged the quality of NSD's Valuation Center’s performance as satisfactory.

ESMA Consults On Draft RTS For Prospectuses

Date 15/12/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today launches a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the new Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129).